Anal Retention Test

I was clearing out some old files on my computer and came across this. I wrote it in about 1999 (back when people still wrote cheques) predominantly to take the p*** out of a teaching colleague that was the opposite end of this particular spectrum to me! He took it as the silly, light-hearted bit of fun it was meant to be, but he did actually score nearly full marks. We are still friends and he's a headteacher now. Just shows you how far a bit of anal retention can take one.
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DEFINITION
A popular term for “anal retentive personality,” a personality marked by excessive orderliness, extreme meticulousness, and often suspicion and reserve. According to psychoanalysis, an anal personality is formed in early childhood as a result of efforts to control bowel movements.
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Now tell me, does anal retention
*increase with age?
*really make life easier?
*have very strong links to the need to be in control?
*get worse the more stressed a person is?
*and do you think it's an inherent part of a personality or, indeed, actually formed early in childhood?

THE 'TEST'

1) When you get home, do you have a set place that you put your shoes?
No ......... 0 Yes ......... 2

2) Is your fridge organised by shelf?
No ......... 0 Yes ......... 3

3) Do you wash up soon after a meal?
never ......... 0 sometimes ........ 1 Mostly ..........2 Always ......... 3

4) Do your C.D.s have some kind of filing system?
No ....... 0 a vague one .......... 1 a precise one ......... 2

5) If you are travelling long distance by train or coach, do you.....
Just turn up at the station and go? .........0 Ring up for the times of departure then go? ...... 1 Ring up and book a ticket? ......... 2

6) If you use a computer to write a letter or and e-mail to a close friend do you....
never use the spell check/leave spelling mistakes? ....... 0 always use a spell check/correct all spellings? ......... 1

7) Is your desk always tidy and ordered?
No ........ 0 Yes ....... 2

8) When you are leaving your house, how often do you have to frantically search for your keys/shoes/money/things that you need?
Nearly always ....... 0 often ........ 1 sometimes ........ 2 Never ...... 3

9) Do you arrive at appointments...
sometimes early mostly late? ...... 0 usually on time but sometimes late if there's a good reason? ........ 1 Very, very, rarely late? ....... 2

10) Does your fruit bowl ever have rotten fruit in it?
Often ......... 0 occasionally ........ 1 Never .......... 2

11) When you shop do you......
never have a shopping list .......... 0 Just have a list for things you really don't want to forget ............. 1
Have a list but don't follow it strictly ........ 3 Have a list and pretty much stick to it .......... 4

12) Would you ever start a new bottle of sauce before the old one is finished?
Yes ......... 0 No ......... 2

13) If a picture in your house is on the wonk....
you can leave it ........ 0 you have to straighten it .......... 3

14) If a favourite piece of clothing gets a hole in it do you.........
carry on wearing it ......... 0 throw it out eventually even if, aside from the hole, it's O.K. ....... 1 throw it out straight away ......... 2

15) Do you hoover....
Less than once a week ........ 0 Once a week ....... 1 twice a week ............ 2
3 or 4 times a week ........ 2 Almost daily .......... 3 Daily ........... 4

16) Do you have a kitchen drawer with chaos in it?
Yes ........... 0 No ........ 4

17) When you cook do you...
Create a terrible mess and tidy it up later ........ 0 somewhere between the two........ 1 tidy up as you go along ........... 2

18) Do you always write your cheque stubs?
No ........ 0 Yes ........ 2

19) Is your handwriting neat?...
never .......... 0 sometimes.......... 1 always ....... 2

20) What is your relationship with ironing?
There isn't one ......... 0
I do it when I need to be really smart for something ....... 1
I do it for most things but not every last thing........ 2
I feel ironing is very important and needs to happen if one is to look ones best .......... 3

I look forward to your scores!!!???!!!